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It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
